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Neuro-rehabilitation Approach for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Published on: January 25, 2016
[Communication strategies used by individuals with moderate sensorineural hearing loss]
Jaqueline Medeiros de Mello1, Jerusa Roberta Massola Oliveira, Ana Helena Bannwart Dell'Aringa
1Fonoaudióloga, Especialista em Audiologia Clínica e Educacional do Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofacias da Universidade de São Paulo. jakmello@bol.com.br
Background:
communication strategies (CS) are mechanisms used to facilitate speech comprehension and the transmission of a message to another speaker.
Aim:
to characterize the communication strategies used by 20 adults, fitted with hearing aids, with moderate sensorineural hearing loss.
Method:
a 60 minute interview, with an audiologist, with and without the hearing aid.
Results:
the CS which prevailed were those of a cognitive and palliative nature in the situations with and without the hearing aid.
Conclusion:
most of the individuals used the communication strategies to facilitate the recognition of the message.
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